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At the outbreak of the American Civil War in April 1861, Kansas was the newest U.S. state, admitted just months earlier in January. The state had formally rejected slavery by popular vote and vowed to fight on the side of the Union, though ideological divisions with neighboring Missouri, a slave state, had led to violent conflict in previous years and persisted for the duration of the war.
The Territory of Kansas was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from May 30, 1854, [2] until January 29, 1861, when the eastern portion of the territory was admitted to the Union as the free state of Kansas.
1861, January 29: Kansas was admitted into the Union as a free state under the Wyandotte Constitution. 1861, May 25:Great Seal of the State of Kansas was established by a joint resolution adopted by the Kansas Legislature. 1861, June 3: First Kansas regiment called to duty in the American Civil War.
Fort Larned (central Kansas) was established in 1859 as a base of military operations against hostile Indians of the Central Plains, to protect traffic along the Santa Fe Trail and after 1861 became an agency for the administration of the Central Plains Indians by the Bureau of Indian Affairs under the terms of the Fort Wise Treaty of 1861.
Kansas was admitted to the Union as a free state on January 29, 1861, making it the 34th state to join the United States. By that time, the violence in Kansas had largely subsided, but during the Civil War, on August 21, 1863, William Quantrill led several hundred of his supporters on a raid into Lawrence , destroying much of the city and ...
January 18, 1861: Georgia Secession Convention enacted an Ordinance of Secession [10] [5] January 26, 1861: Louisiana Secession Convention enacted an Ordinance of Secession [11] [5] January 29, 1861. Kansas admitted to the Union as a free state. February 1, 1861: Texas Secession Convention enacted an Ordinance of Secession [12] [5]
The Senate was still just as opposed to a new free state, and no action was taken until January 1861, when senators from the seceding slave states abandoned their seats. On the same day the last of them left, Monday, January 21, 1861, the Senate passed the Kansas bill. [1] Kansas's admission as a free state became effective Tuesday, January 29 ...
Kansas state historical coat of arms (illustrated, 1876) The design for the Great Seal of Kansas was submitted by John James Ingalls, a state senator from Atchison. Ingalls also proposed the state motto, "Ad astra per aspera." [3] The Great Seal of the State of Kansas was established by a joint resolution adopted by the Kansas Legislature on ...